Monday's Update

In downtown news:
Appetite for Art band is announced
An update on Fayetteville Street
Obama has set up downtown now too

In Raleigh news:
Want to give Absinthe a try? Check out The Mint…
North Hills is getting its own Farmer’s Market
Indy’s ‘Best of’ Voting ends tomorrow – so vote for some downtown places!

In local-ish news:
Fenway Park is going a little greener
Hmm…I could probably make up stuff about places I’d never been
Construction will halt in Beijing so Olympians and spectators can breathe…

In irrelevant news:
No one wants to be Paris’s friend… (thanks Brooke)
They got that baseball jersey out
Where IS the busiest McDonald’s in the world?

Events:
Spamalot opens Tuesday
Moore Square Farmer’s market opens Wednesday
Brooks Wood Band is at Pour House Friday
There’s like a billion things happening this weekend

Just in case April 26th didn’t have enough going on…there’s a car show too
ZZ Top will play with Brooks and Dunn on Sept 6

Fun Stuff:
Kobe Bryant jumps over a moving car [video] (thanks Rachel)
Mmmmm 35 dozen oysters :)
Check out pictures from the Art to Wear Fashion Show

Today’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse:
A grill 1 mile long and 12 tons of beef – now you know where Uruguay is…

Happy Monday all!